SECURETTY

NAME

securetty - file which lists ttys from which root can log in

DESCRIPTION

The file
/etc/securetty
is used by (some versions of)
login(1).
The file contains the device names of tty lines
(one per line, without leading
/dev/)
on which root is allowed to login.
See
login.defs(5)
if you use the shadow suite.